J. E. Lendon is a historian of the ancient world and a professor specializing in Greek and Roman history. He contributed essays and reviews to The Weekly Standard between 2010 and 2017, frequently exploring military history and the lessons of classical antiquity, with particular focus on Rome and Sparta. He is the author of several books on ancient warfare and culture.
Pax Romana is a magic mirror that shows us the bloody beasts we must become to raise and rule an American empire. Few seek such a course, but it is the inevitable end of many or indeed most realistic American foreign policy options, especially in the Middle East. How must we behave if we wish to…
Pax Romana is a magic mirror that shows us the bloody beasts we must become to raise and rule an American empire. Few seek such a course, but it is the inevitable end of many or indeed most realistic American foreign policy options, especially in the Middle East. How must we behave if we wish to…
The Ancient Greeks won the Cold War.
Our generals today don’t seem to enjoy war very much. They usually appear grumpy on television, although distrust of their political masters might well have something to do with that. But even in a friendly biographical piece or autobiography, today’s generals appear somber and dutiful, more like…